Shaykh Mustafa Takhtayi or Shaikh Mostafa Takhti ( Kurdish: شێخ مستەفا تەختەیی, romanized: Şêx Mistefa Texteyî) was Kurdish poet from Avroman Takht who lived before 1788. [1] His works are among the earliest samples of written Gorani school of poetry. [2] [3] Takhtî was the father of poet Sheikh Ahmad Takhti who was born in around 1640. [4]